Little Door

Kats-Chernin is a composer based in Australia who has written much music for the stage, including the ballet ‘Wild Swans’ from 2002. The composer writes: “Apart from occasional deviation a semitone up or down, the piece is based on the harmony of [chord] G7. There are no accidentals on the first page and it is possible to shift fingering positions in the beginning phrases. However, starting from bar 27 it is more about coordination of jumps in the left hand, built irregularly against the straightforward melodic movement in the right hand.”

Selected from Grade by Grade - Piano Grade 5. The Grade By Grade series draws on the rich and varied Boosey & Hawkes catalogue of classical, contemporary and educational repertoire, highlighting composers including Serge Prokofieff, Dmitri Shostakovich, Karl Jenkins, Carol Barratt and Christopher Norton, alongside arrangements of traditional music from around the world by Peter Wastall, Vera Gray and others. Carefully selected by Iain Farrington, this practical anthology provides the complete repertoire resource for the aspiring Grade 5 pianist.